The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website.

Yangsan city, South Gyeongsang Province, broke its own record Friday for the highest temperature ever recorded through South Korea's standard weather observatio

Temperatures surpassed 41 C in the southeastern city of Yangsan on Friday, setting a new record as a scorching heat wave continued to grip the nati...

The record was set in the southeastern city of Yangsan

Corea del Sur registró 41.4 °C en Yangsan, la mayor temperatura medida por su red meteorológica nacional, en medio de una intensa ola de calor.